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Fentoozler
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"Fentoozler" <nospam@mapson> wrote in message
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> Driving along happily yesterday afternoon in my 1989 90, god awful noise
> from underneath, pulled over to the side of the road, looked in wing
> mirror and saw a dark object in the road around 30 yards behind me - yep,
> it was my front propshaft.
>
> The propshaft itself seems fairly unscathed bar a few scratches. The UJs
> have been obliterated though.
>
> Q1: Is this fairly unheard of, or do propshafts 'occasionally drop off?!
> Q2: Is it unreasonable to simply reattach with new UJs, or is there some
> underlying fault which caused this to happen?
> Q3: Should I have been able to select 'Low Range' on the 4x4 gear stick
> and drive home - because I couldn't and thought I should have been able to
> (or does the vehicle have to move forward to engage this gear)?
>
> TIA, Angus
>
Just an update - I did purchase a new propstaft complete with UJs and
flanges, reattached and all seems tickety-boo. No further damage to the
vehicle.
Angus
news:[email protected]...
> Driving along happily yesterday afternoon in my 1989 90, god awful noise
> from underneath, pulled over to the side of the road, looked in wing
> mirror and saw a dark object in the road around 30 yards behind me - yep,
> it was my front propshaft.
>
> The propshaft itself seems fairly unscathed bar a few scratches. The UJs
> have been obliterated though.
>
> Q1: Is this fairly unheard of, or do propshafts 'occasionally drop off?!
> Q2: Is it unreasonable to simply reattach with new UJs, or is there some
> underlying fault which caused this to happen?
> Q3: Should I have been able to select 'Low Range' on the 4x4 gear stick
> and drive home - because I couldn't and thought I should have been able to
> (or does the vehicle have to move forward to engage this gear)?
>
> TIA, Angus
>
Just an update - I did purchase a new propstaft complete with UJs and
flanges, reattached and all seems tickety-boo. No further damage to the
vehicle.
Angus
